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Hopeless Confession

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

“I’m
saying that I love you, from the first moment I saw you. I’m saying that I love
you, don’t you hear my words? From the beginning, we were looking at a love
that wouldn’t be. Maybe we can’t reach each other. Even so, should I still try
to take a step forward?” –Lee Jang Woo, Saying I Love You (OST. Pretty Man) [translated lyrics]

“Saying I Love You” is
a song about someone who’s deeply in unrequited love with somebody,
because that somebody is deeply in
unrequited love too with someone else. “You’re looking somewhere else,
while I was always standing beside you. If you turned your head the slightest
bit, you would be able to know my heart, you would be able to see me. You’re
only getting further and further away, while I was always here beside you. My
love couldn’t reach you, maybe you’re just getting further away, maybe I’ll
have to let you go.” Sometimes, we can’t control our heart. Even though our logical brain has already
said that this love, this feeling,
is good for nothing, somehow we can’t just stop and throw it away.
Feeling isn’t something that can be
switch on and off easily. And so,
even though they know very well that they
can’t reach that person, they bravely
confess their feeling. “I’m saying that I love you, from the first moment I
saw you. I’m saying that I love you, don’t you hear my words? From the
beginning, we were looking at a love that wouldn’t be. Maybe we can’t reach
each other. Even so, should I still try to take a step forward?”

Some loves just aren’t
meant to be. And
for them, maybe it’s the one. Instead of coming closer, that person is fading away. That’s what it will take from an unrequited
love. Even though we can’t control
our heart, we definitely can make a
choice over it, whether to keep going
on with that one-sided love and being hurt all by ourselves, or just moving on no matter how hard it
would take. “The laughter steadily fades away, even though I really like
your bright smile. If my happiness becomes your misfortune, maybe I should
stop, maybe I’m afraid to stop here.” Letting
go is another form of love. I believe
that. And some feelings are just
meant to be let go. “I’m saying that I’m sending you away, to that place I
first saw you. I’m saying that I’m sending you away, to a place where you can
always laugh. From the beginning, we were looking at a love that wouldn’t be.
Maybe I can’t reach you, so I have to send you away like this.” Though it’s hard, though it will be like hell, we
have to let go. “Truthfully that’s not it, my heart’s not like that, I
can’t send you away even if I die.” And
believe, there will be an open door
for every closed one.

“I’m
saying that I’m sending you away, to that place I first saw you. I’m saying
that I’m sending you away, to a place where you can always laugh. From the
beginning, we were looking at a love that wouldn’t be. Maybe I can’t reach you,
so I have to send you away like this.” –Lee Jang Woo, Saying I Love You (OST. Pretty Man) [translated
lyrics]